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Royce Koop: Stephen Harper's well-deserved 'cult following'

From housing prices to national identity, everything was better under the former Conservative prime minister

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My wife was recently scrolling through Instagram and came across a video celebrating Stephen Harper’s time as prime minister, complete with fast-paced editing and Bryan Adams singing “those were the best days of my life” in the background. “So, now Harper has a cult following?” she asked.

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Well, why not? On this 20th anniversary of his first election win, let us count the reasons — from housing prices to national identity — why Canadians might be feeling nostalgic for Harper’s time as prime minister.

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